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Nov. 30, 1926;

. O. B. MARTIN TOOL Filed Jan. 26 1925 .m m M Patented Nov. 30, 1926.

ORRIN B. MARTIN, F WINNSBORO, TEXAS.

TOOL.

Application filed January 26, 1925.

This invention relates to a tool for removing and replacing piston pinbushings.

The object of the invention is to construct a tool of this characterwhich may be used for either inserting or removing bushings for pistonpins and which is simple and efficient.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the 1 invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a side elevation partlyin section of a tool constructed in accordance with this invention andshown applied ready for use to remove an old bushing, the piston and thebushing being in section;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the pin in use for inserting a newbushing;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line 44 of Fig. 1; andv Fig. 5 isa detail sectional view.

In the embodiment illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 a threaded rod 1 is shownhaving a nut 2 fixed thereto midway its ends.

One end of the tool is designed for use in pulling out the bushing froma piston P while the other is designed for putting in or insertingbushings in the piston P.

Mounted on one end of the rod 1 is a bushing engaging sleeve 3 having areduced portion 4 at its inner end which is designed to fit within thebushing B to be removed, the shoulder 5 at the base of said reducedextension 4 operating to engage the inner edge of the bushing to forceit out when pressure is brought to bear on sleeve 3 by means to bedescribed.

sleeve or collar 6 is loosely mounted on the rod 1 and has one endshaped to conform to the shape of the seat or opening around the bushingB in the piston P as is shown at 7 in Fig. 1. A nut 8 is threaded on therod 1 to cooperate with the sleeve 6 and sleeve 3 for forcing out thebushing B. To do its seat.

Serial No. 4,872.

this the sleeve 3 is removed from the rod by unscrewing it and the rodthen is inserted through the bushing and extended into the piston P. Thesleeve 3 is then screwed on this end of the rod with the extension 4inserted in the bushing as shown in Fig. 1. When the tool has been soarranged the sleeve 6 is placed against the outer face of the pistonaround the bushing and the nut 8 is screwed out causing the rod with thesleeve 3 to move outwardly against the bushing B and force said bushingout of When it is desired to insert a. new bushin n the piston P the rodis reversed and the nut 10 at the end thereof is removed and the bushingB to be inserted is slipped on the rod over the reduced extension 13 ofa sleeve 12 carried by the rod. The shoulder 14 at the base of theextension 13 abuts against the outer edge of the bushing B and when thenut 12 is moved outward it will force the bushing B into the opening inthe piston P.

By making this tool double or two-in-one either end may be used asneeded without necessitating removal of all the nuts and possibly theloss of some of them.

The nut 10 which is used for inserting a bushing is notched as shown at11 so that when the bushing has reached a predetermined point in theposition of a bushing it may be seen, by looking into the piston thusdetermining the proper position of the bushing in its seat.

While this tool is shown with the holding nut arranged midway the lengththereof and the nuts and sleeves used for putting in or removing thebushing arranged on opposite sides thereof obviously this holding nutmay be located at either end of the rod and the various nuts mounted onthe rod, it being used for either purpose by removing the nuts notneeded for the purpose intended and using only those required for thework in hand.

This simple two-in-one tool cheaply constructed and easily used forremoving bushings by inexperienced as well as by experienced workmen, itbeing especially designed for use for removing and inserting bushingsfor piston pins of automoblie engines.

may be I claim In a tool of the class described, a threaded rod, meansfor rotating the rod, a sleeve on the rod and adapted to engage a Wristpin 5 bushing a nut 0n the rod and adapted to engage the piston adjacentto its Wrist pin opening, said not having a notch formed to operate tomove a Wrist pin bushing With- 10 in its opening 7 In testimony that Iclaim the forgoing as my own,

I have hereto affixed my signature.

ORRIN B. MARTIN.

